B1idiomworkIELTS-friendly
learn on the job
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to learn the skills you need while you are actually doing the work
Often contrasted with learning in a classroom. 'On-the-job training' is the noun phrase used in job adverts.
In context
I had no marketing degree, so I learnt on the job at a small agency in Hanoi.
Most baristas here learn on the job during their first few weeks.
More idioms about work
- a baptism of firea very difficult first experience of a new job or activity
- a cushy joba job that is easy and pleasant but still pays well
- a dead-end joba job with no chance of promotion or of learning anything new
- a jack of all tradesa person who can do many different kinds of work fairly well
- a labour of lovehard work that you do because you enjoy it or care about it, not for money